Baling-tie



J. McMURTRY. BALING TIE.

No. 244,068. Patented July 12, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MOMURTRY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

BALlNG-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,068, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed February 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN McMUR'rRY, of the city of Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain Improvements in Metal Ties for Balin g Cotton, Hemp, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The first part of my invention relates to the form of the tie, having a fixed and a movable or hinged part that opens for the reception of the last end of the band to pass freely through same to its proper position on the cottonbale, and when the press releases the cotton, 850., its elasticity against the under side of the tie and the band causes the movable or hinged part of said tie to close automatically on the last end of the band and hold the same rigidly.

Figurel is a top view of my improved tie secured on the bale of cotton, &c. Fig. 2 is an edge view of same. Fig. 3 is an edge view of same in the act of inserting the last end of the band.

A is the first end of the band put in the tie' and turned under next to the cotton, &c., be ing the old and common mode of fastening the first end of the iron tie and band. B is the last end of the band secured in the tie, as shown in Fig. 2. O is the fixed or rigid part of my tie. D is the movable or hinged part of' my tie. E is the axle on which part D is hinged.

The operation is as follows: When the cotton, 820., is pressed to the desired size or form, the first end of the band A having been secured in the tie by passing through its slot and its end turned under, as shown in Fig. 2, the last end of the band, B, is passed around the cotton, &c., and brought up, and with one hand holding the tie on its end the last end, B, is passed in endwise, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is manifest that when the band is in the tie, as shown in Fig. 3, when the press releases the cotton, &c., the elasticity of the cotton, &o., pressing against the end of the band and tie, will cause the tie to automatically close and take the position on the cotton-bale, &c., as seen at Figs. 1 and 2, and the ends of the band will be held securely by the tie.

The great advantage of my improved tie over any other tie known to me is the great convenience and economy of time in having only to pass the last end of the band, B, into the tie endwise, as above set forth, and at once the work is done without the necessity and onerous labor and loss of time of having to measure the proper place for and then bend the rough, stiff band by main force, and then hook the same into the tie, as now done in what is called the arrow tie, thereby requiring at least two additional and onerous operations over and above that required in my improved tie, as above set forth.

I do not claim as my invention the mode of fastening the first end of the band, A, around the rigid part of the tie, as this is the common mode of attachment; but

What I do claim is- The tie composed of the fixed or rigid part O, the movable or hinged part D, and the axle on which the part D is hinged, and the manner of securing the ends of the band B, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN MCMURTRY. 

